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If you are with a New York School District, please register using the registration link in your email. |
|  | Presenters:  Robert N. Van Der Like
Associate,The Cadmus Group
Rob has worked in the field of energy management for over eight years, and currently works with school districts, colleges, and state agencies across the nation to help improve their energy management and sustainability programs. As a part of The Cadmus Group's green building practice, he has conducted LEED AP exam prep training courses, LEED for Existing Buildings project charrettes, LEED project certification reviews, and manages the USGBC's pilot project for LEED in Existing Schools. He has spent over thirty-three years in the building industry (managing design, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance).
 Evelyn Nash
Associate, The Cadmus Group
Evelyn has a background in environmental engineering in relation to commercial real estate, high rise residential, and construction facilities. With over 11 years experience in the day to day operations of these types of facilities, she currently works with school districts and commercial real estate across the United States to help improve energy performance and thus achieve sustainability. As a part of The Cadmus Group's green building practice, she is a LEED Certification reviewer and a trainer for LEED AP Exam Preparation. Evelyn has worked for several large and small scale real estate firms on the East Coast.
 Rachel Gutter
Education Sector Manager
As Education Sector Manager, Rachel works to promote and facilitate the design, construction and operations of high performance, green schools and higher education facilities. She oversees USGBC's National Green Schools Campaign as well as the LEED for Schools Green Building Rating System, and works closely with colleges and universities to assist them in greening their own campuses. Rachel's recent experience in the fields of green building consulting and high performance educational design includes her work with the Green Building Program of Montgomery County Public Schools - one of the only school systems in the country to mandate green school construction.
|  | Course 1 : Top 10 No-Cost Ways to Lower Your School’s Utility Bills
Now available for on demand viewing. Description:
With oil prices high and operational budgets stretched thin, school districts are looking for ways to improve energy performance and save money on utility costs. This webinar will present the top ten no-cost ways to lower your school district’s energy bill throughout the year. Find out how you can improve the energy performance of your school facilities by up to 10% without spending a dime. Learning Objectives: Understand the sustainable definition of energy efficiency (EE) Uncover your organization’s existing capacity to conduct an EE program Discover specific organizational measures that can create immediate results Learn how to implement technical measures that can be quickly put into place for no cost
Now available for on demand viewing
If you are with a New York School District, please register using the registration link in your email. | | Course 2 : Top 10 Low-Cost Ways to Lower Your School’s Utility Bills
Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 1pm EST Description:
In these challenging financial times, school districts throughout the country are looking for ways to make ends meet without eliminating the programs and services our teachers and students depend on. By improving the energy efficiency of our schools, districts can cut costs without cutting corners. This webinar will introduce the top ten ways to lower your school district’s energy bill by using low-cost measures. Find out how you can improve the energy efficiency of your school facilities by up to 15% within existing budget resources. Learning Objectives: Learn how to take no-cost measures to the next level of effectiveness Identify additional resources to conduct a broader EE program Pinpoint additional organizational measures that can have a significant impact on efficiency Determine additional low-cost technical measures that can be implemented within your existing budget
If you are with a New York School District, please register using the registration link in your email.
| | Course 3 : Top 10 Investments to Lower Your School’s Utility Bills
Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 1pm EST Description:
Are you ready to go deeper with your district’s energy efficiency measures? This webinar will introduce the top ten investments in efficiency measures that yield the fastest payback when it comes to significantly improving the energy performance of your school facilities. Find out how you can reduce the energy consumption of your school facilities by as much as 20%. Learning Objectives: Determine maximum energy efficiency investment opportunities for your district Leverage existing capital funds to go deeper with energy saving strategies and methods. Evaluate your district’s operations and maintenance budget to identify hidden resources and opportunities Learn about new energy saving technologies that can be applied to existing schools
If you are with a New York School District, please register using the registration link in your email.
|  | Present: Elements of Green Leases
(featuring Mychele Lord & Sean C. Ivery in collaboration with USGBC) The term green lease is often spoken in conversations regarding office buildings, yet it's a term without a real definition. Some believe you can "green" a lease by adding language to stipulate product requirements and construction practices. While that may give a lease a green touch, it's not enough to make a green lease. To truly create a green lease, we must rethink the basic systems and components of today's office lease and prepare to address the leasing demand of sustainable buildings penetrating the commercial real estate industry. Learn more about executing a green lease with BOMA's newest publication, Guide to Writing a Commercial Real Estate Lease, Including Green Lease Language, the definitive resource for anyone involved in negotiating and executing a commercial building lease transaction. The Green Lease Guide shows you how to modify the lease terms to maintain an energy efficient and sustainable building operation. It includes enforceable tenant responsibilities; pass-through provisions; and green certification notations for ENERGY STAR®, LEED and GBI rating points. Plus, hundreds of easy-to-read footnotes provide answers and suggestions to the toughest lease clauses. Order your BOMA Green Lease Guide today. Learning Objectives: Define the critical attributes of a green lease Identify the fundamental components of a green lease Create and customize a green lease of your own Implement best practices in lighting and cleaning processes Effectively enforce green lease provisions Communicate green lease stipulations with your tenants
Now available for on demand viewing. Register Now! Speakers:  Karen Penafiel, CAE joined the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International in December, 1989 and currently serves as Vice President of the advocacy division. Karen has taken the lead on energy and sustainability issues for BOMA for the past decade and is currently leading the association's market transformation efforts, while helping to develop BOMA's Green Lease Guide.
Mychele Lord is the founder of LORD Green Real Estate Strategies, a consulting firm designed specifically to meet the sustainability needs of the real estate industry. A 22-year veteran of the commercial real estate investment community and pioneer in EPA's ENERGY STAR© and the USGBC's LEED for Existing Buildings Rating System, Mychele brings a practical approach to greening existing real estate portfolios.  Sean Ivery is a Director at Navigant Consulting with nearly 15 years of consulting experience to both owners and users of real estate. Prior to joining Navigant Consulting, Mr. Ivery was a principal of his own specialized real estate and project management consultancy and previously a senior manager at the real estate advisory practice at Ernst & Young LLP.
 Marc Heisterkamp is the Manager, Corporate & Investment Real Estate at U.S. Green Building Council. Marc works closely with industry leaders and major associations to increase the knowledge, financial incentives, and implementation of green building across a broad array of space types including commercial office, hospitality, and industrial warehouse.
Register Now! back to top |  |  | Join the U.S. Green Building Council to learn how LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance can boost your bottom line and increase your operational efficiency while reducing your impact on the environment. This four-part webinar series, delivered in partnership with Stamats Commercial Buildings Group, features project case studies highlighting lessons learned from the implementation of LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance. Who Should ParticipateThis webinar series is a valuable opportunity for building owners; building operators and property, facility and maintenance managers; real estate and investment professionals; purchasing, waste management and recycling program managers; LEED APs; educators and students; and anyone else interested in improving the operational efficiency of an existing building. Save time and money by learning right from your desktop. Register today! What You Will LearnThis webinar series will help you identify realistic goals – and strategies to reach them – for boosting your bottom line, increasing your operational efficiency, and reducing your impact on the environment. National experts on the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Certification System will provide you with information and hands-on tools to: Describe why existing buildings are prime opportunities for reducing carbon emissions and energy use. Explain key credit intents for the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Certification System. Implement strategies for improving building operations and maintenance using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
About LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & MaintenanceThe LEED for Existing Buildings Certification System was designed to help building owners and operators measure the performance of their buildings' operations, improvements and maintenance on a consistent scale, with the goal of high performance – maximizing operational service and efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts. The certification system addresses whole-building energy and water use, indoor comfort and air quality, purchasing activity, cleaning and maintenance issues (including chemical use), recycling programs, and exterior maintenance programs. This webinar series will feature project case studies highlighting lessons learned from LEED implementation. Continuing Education CreditsEach webinar in this series will be registered for one hour of credit per session with the following continuing education programs: AIA/CES, BOMI, CoreNet, and IFMA. Continuing education credits will be awarded to the individual whose name is on the webinar registration. Other attendees who wish to receive credit must pay the registration fee or purchase the archived version of the presentation and take the associated quiz. To earn AIA creditsYou must enter your AIA number at the bottom of the online registration form. Upon providing this information and viewing a webinar, your participation will automatically be reported to the AIA and the credit will show on your transcript within six weeks. If you did not provide your AIA number during registration, to earn credit, you must send an e-mail to workshop@usgbc.org that includes your AIA number, name, the webinar date, and the webinar session title. To earn credits with other providers (BOMI, CoreNet, or IFMA only)If you view a live webinar: You may request a certificate of attendance by sending an email to workshop@usgbc.org that includes your name, the webinar date, and the webinar session title.
If you view an archived webinar: You must take the post-webinar quiz. Upon receiving an adequate score, you will have the opportunity to print your own certificate of completion. Webinar StructureEach webinar is designed to be a stand-alone session, but participating in all four webinars will ensure that you have a comprehensive overview of the subject matter and extensive tools to implement successful strategies for your existing buildings. Registration questions?
Contact tara.behmer@stamats.com |  | Webinar 1 – Greening Existing Buildings: Good for Your Bottom LineNow available for on-demand viewing. Speakers:  Yerina Mugica
Research Associate, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Market Innovation
Yerina specializes in developing clean energy solutions. She has worked as a consultant to government and private sector clients. She has also published case studies on renewable energy, conservation and microfinance programs in Latin America. Yerina is currently leading an initiative to unlock the energy efficiency potential in buildings by working with key industry leaders to develop a policy road map that works for consumers, business and the environment. During this webinar, Yerina will discuss market enablers, carbon abatement and government trends.
 Mike Opitz
Director, LEED Implementation, U.S. Green Building Council
As USGBC's Director of LEED Implementation, Mike currently focuses on improving documentation submittals for LEED 2009. Previously, he oversaw the revisions to the LEED for Existing Buildings Certification System, with the goal of reducing barriers to market uptake by streamlining the program, focusing more strongly on ongoing building operations, clarifying the requirements, and providing more options to earn points. During this webinar, Mike will discuss details of the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Certification System.
 Jenny Carney
Director, YRG Sustainability Consultants
Jenny’s expertise is in the realm of building operations and upgrades, including helping companies, building owners, facility managers and developers incorporate sustainability into all facets of their business and building practices. She has been extensively involved in the development of the LEED for Existing Buildings Certification System and supporting resources. She currently heads up YRG's efforts in supporting clients in pursuit of LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance certification, and conducting project certification reviews and credit interpretation responses for projects on behalf of USGBC. During this webinar, Jenny will discuss implementing LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance on a project.
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Learning Objectives: Describe why existing buildings are prime opportunities for reducing carbon emissions and energy use. Explain key credit concepts from the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Certification System. Recognize strategies for improving building operations and maintenance using LEED.
|  | | Webinar 2 – Case Studies: Energy & Atmosphere and Indoor Environmental Quality Now available for on-demand viewing. Speakers:  Lance Shepherd
State of Colorado. Manager, Design and Construction Programs Office of the State Architect
 Tia Heneghan
Director Sustainable Facilities, CTG Energetics, Inc.
 Jim Newman
Owner/Managing Partner, Newman Consulting Group, LLC
Learning Objectives: Explain the key LEED credit intents pertaining to energy use and indoor air quality. Describe the benefits of retro commissioning. Identify EPA’s ENERGY STAR requirements. Explain requirements of ASHRAE 62 compliance. Discuss how projects have used LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance to achieve their bottom-line goals. Use LEED Online to submit project information.
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 | | Webinar 3 – Case Studies: Procurement, Waste Management & Green Cleaning Now available for on-demand viewing. Speakers:  Celia Hammond
Celia Hammond is a green building consultant with CTG Energetics, Inc. and has several years of experience with LEED and commissioning projects. She guides project teams through the LEED submittal and documentation process and has assisted with the development of sustainable programs for individual projects, local campuses and overall corporate practices for multiple facilities. She was on the LEED project teams for the Getty Center, The Adobe Projects and a variety of state facilities within Colorado, in addition to many others. She also serves as a reviewer of LEED project submittals for the USGBC.  Rick Pospisil
Rick Pospisil works for USAA Realty Company and is the Director of Facilities for the FBI Chicago Regional Office. He has extensive knowledge in building development, construction and operations. Rick was the GSA's construction manager for the FBI Chicago Office and was involved in the project from the beginning of its development. After completion of construction he was recruited to become the facility director by USAA Realty, the FBI, and the GSA. Rick and his team have submitted their building to the USGBC for a LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Platinum certification and he's been an integral part of USAA Real Estate Company's participation in the LEED Portfolio Program Pilot.
Description: Case studies in multi-tenant, campus, retail, hospitality (Marriott) Learning Objectives: Explain the key LEED credit intents and identify best practices pertaining to procurement, waste management and green cleaning. Recognize innovative recycling and waste stream management strategies. Discuss how projects have used LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance to achieve their bottom-line goals. Use LEED Online to submit project information.
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